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Equipment Properties

Equipment has the following properties:

Name

The name of the equipment. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

Cluster Name

The name of the cluster that this equipment runs on. If the Cluster Name is not set, then this equipment will run on defined clusters.

Type

The specific type of equipment in the system. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

I/O Device

The I/O Device used to communicate with this piece of equipment. Specify redundant devices with a comma between primary and standby, for example, "IODev1,IODev2". Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

Area

The area number or label to which this equipment belongs. Only users with access to this area (and any necessary privileges) will be able to perform operations on the equipment. For example, if you enter Area 1 here, operators need to have access to Area 1 (plus any necessary privileges) to perform operations on the equipment. Enter a value of 16 characters or less.

Location

A string describing the location of the equipment. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

Comment

Any useful comment. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

Page

The name of the page on which this equipment appears. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

Help

The help context string. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.

The following fields are implemented with extended forms (press F2).

Extended forms fields

Custom1 .. Custom8

User-defined strings that can be used for filtering equipment when using the Cicode search functions (maximum 254 characters each).